Compile reports

The quarterly results workbook and appendices are ready; send the compiled report to Dr. Lee in Epidemiology and to Sara in Publications for sign-off, signers in that order, with Wednesday at noon as the deadline — verify that the methodology appendix includes raw counts and smoothing parameters before sending.

Before this goes to publications, make the report reviewer-friendly: move the headline prevalence and confidence interval to the executive summary, make the trend chart downloadable as a PNG, call out any data exclusions and why they matter, and flag cells where imputation changed conclusions.

I completed the report and distributed it to Dr. Lee and Sara, then learned the lab corrected a sequencing batch and the prevalence numbers shifted slightly. I cannot tell Publications we used preliminary counts without undermining their timeline. Do I withdraw the report and delay release to reconcile, or append a correction note and proceed? Which keeps credibility highest with stakeholders and what wording will limit rework later?

We repeatedly publish reports that need corrections when upstream data revisions arrive late, wasting time on re-approval and confusing readers. Where should we change our gating or routines so the reports are stable at distribution and we avoid repeating corrections?